Factory at Chorzów (Merits)

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Factory at Chorzów (Merits) is a landmark 1928 judgment of the Permanent Court of International Justice that established foundational principles on state responsibility and the standard of reparation in international law.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf case of the Permanent Court of International Justice ⓘ
international court judgment ⓘ
landmark case in international law ⓘ
applicantState Germany ⓘ
citationStyle Factory at Chorzów (Germany v. Poland), Merits, Judgment, 1928, P.C.I.J. Ser. A, No. 17 ⓘ
courtSeat The Hague ⓘ
decidingCourt Permanent Court of International Justice ⓘ
decisionDate 1928-09-13 ⓘ
establishesDoctrine full reparation principle in international law ⓘ
principle of restitutio in integrum ⓘ
standard of compensation for unlawful expropriation ⓘ
frequentlyCitedFor measure of damages in international investment arbitration ⓘ
standard of reparation in state responsibility ⓘ
fullName Case concerning the Factory at Chorzów (Merits) ⓘ
geographicalContext Chorzów ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Upper Silesia ⓘ
historicalContext aftermath of World War I ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
influencedBody International Court of Justice jurisprudence on reparations ⓘ
influencedInstrument International Law Commission Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts ⓘ
involvesState Germany ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
keyPrinciple any breach of an engagement involves an obligation to make reparation ⓘ
compensation must cover both damnum emergens and lucrum cessans ⓘ
if restitution is impossible, reparation must take the form of compensation ⓘ
reparation must as far as possible wipe out all the consequences of the illegal act ⓘ
reparation must place the injured party in the position it would have been in if the wrongful act had not been committed ⓘ
restitution in kind is the primary form of reparation ⓘ
languageOfJudgment English translation available ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalField international investment protection ⓘ
law of state responsibility ⓘ
public international law ⓘ
reparations in international law ⓘ
legalStatus authoritative precedent in international law scholarship ⓘ
originatingTreatyContext Geneva Convention concerning Upper Silesia (1922) ⓘ
phaseOfProceedings merits ⓘ
proceduralPosture judgment on the merits following a prior jurisdictional decision ⓘ
region Europe ⓘ
relatedCase Factory at Chorzów (Jurisdiction) ⓘ
respondentState Poland ⓘ
seriesNumber P.C.I.J. Series A No. 17 ⓘ
shortName Chorzów Factory (Merits) ⓘ
subjectMatter expropriation of industrial property ⓘ
standard of reparation ⓘ
state responsibility for internationally wrongful acts ⓘ
yearDecided 1928 ⓘ

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P.C.I.J. Series A, No. 17 → caseName → Factory at Chorzów (Merits) ⓘ
P.C.I.J. Series A, No. 17 → shortName → Chorzów Factory case (Merits) ⓘ
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P.C.I.J. Series A, No. 17 → caseNumber → Factory at Chorzów (Germany v. Poland) ⓘ
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Factory at Chorzów (Merits) → fullName → Case concerning the Factory at Chorzów (Merits) ⓘ
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Factory at Chorzów (Merits) → shortName → Chorzów Factory (Merits) ⓘ
linked to: Factory at Chorzów (Merits)
Factory at Chorzów (Merits) → citationStyle → Factory at Chorzów (Germany v. Poland), Merits, Judgment, 1928, P.C.I.J. Ser. A, No. 17 ⓘ
linked to: Factory at Chorzów (Merits)
Factory at Chorzów (Merits) → relatedCase → Factory at Chorzów (Jurisdiction) ⓘ
linked to: Factory at Chorzów (Merits)